The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that don’t always have the finances to attract or retain teachers with pay increases.
Some school districts across Texas are shrinking their school weeks to four days as a way to attract and retain both teachers and students., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“We had teachers that had multiple offers from our school district and a neighboring school district and they were waiting on our board to vote to whether we were going to do four days or five-day weeks,” Tarver said. “We gained some leverage on being able to recruit teachers.” While there isn’t conclusive evidence that the shorter schedule harms or improves educational outcomes, school officials across the state will be watching how Texan school districts fare, said Kevin Brown, executive director of the Texas Association of School Administrators.
“There’s a different sort of labor market in those areas,” Morton said. “They are often working nontraditional Monday-to-Friday schedules [and] the district’s often a huge employer in these areas.”
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